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Kesko signs a historically large set of IT service agreements

Kesko has chosen new strategic IT partners as part of the biggest IT services transformation in the company's history, with the objective of supporting Kesko’s growth strategy, accelerating business transformation, and strengthening Kesko’s digital competitiveness. Kesko will be concentrating its IT services to fewer strategically chosen partners. The main partners will include Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), CGI, Elisa, Futurice, Nitor and Fujitsu.

20.08.2025 09:00

Kesko updated its packaging policy

Kesko is improving the sustainability and recyclability of the materials used in the packaging of its own brands. Own brand products – such as Pirkka, Pirkka Parhaat and K-Menu, as well as Kespro’s Menu and the building and home improvement stores’ Cello – will increasingly have paperboard or corrugated cardboard packaging.

11.08.2025 08:53

Half-year financial report 2025: Steady profit development – turnaround in construction cycle slower than previously anticipated

22.07.2025 08:00

Europe’s 50 most sustainable companies listed for the first time – Kesko ranks best in ‘Grocery Stores’

Kesko ranks as the most sustainable company in Europe in the ‘Grocery Stores’ peer group on the first-ever ‘Europe 50 Most Sustainable Companies’ ranking. Finland is well-represented on the list, with Kone, Neste, Nokia and Outokumpu also included.

09.06.2025 11:57

K Group: new measures to reduce the use of plastic and increase recycling

Finland is lagging behind in its achievement of the EU’s targets to reduce the use of plastic carrier bags and for recycling plastic. New measures are needed and both businesses and customers must be involved. Customers are being encouraged to reduce their consumption of plastic with the pricing of plastic carrier bags: the price of plastic carrier bags will increase in K-food stores from 13 May. K Group aims to increase the recycling of plastic by encouraging its partners to join its Plastic Challenge.

05.06.2025 10:29

Over 120,000 kilograms of sugar reduced from the nation’s favourite products – K Group is reformulating the nutritional content of Pirkka products to make them healthier

More than 90 Pirkka, Pirkka Parhaat and K-Menu products now have less added sugar, salt and saturated fat. The nutritional content of many everyday staples has been reformulated, which means the sugar, salt and saturated fat intake of K-food store customers’ will be reduced almost without them even noticing.

05.06.2025 10:28

Kesko electrifies its transports – 70 EVs will soon be transporting goods to our grocery stores and online customers

Kesko is accelerating the electrification of its transports in grocery trade. The number of electric trucks and vans is set to rise to 70 by the end of 2026. It is estimated that by year 2030, electric vehicles will make up some 30% of the transport fleet in Kesko’s grocery trade.

04.06.2025 08:08

Kesko’s and Koskisen’s joint pilot project is a breakthrough in the recycling of wooden packaging in Finland

During the spring of 2025, Kesko and Koskisen Corporation have successfully pilot tested the recycling of wooden packaging for a raw material for chipboard. So far, Finland has not had an industrial-scale recycling solution for wood waste. Instead, most it has been incinerated.

04.06.2025 00:00

Interim report for 1 Jan.- 31 March 2025: Stable performance during the slowest quarter of the year

29.04.2025 08:00

Waste heat from a data center to heat a K-Supermarket for the first time in Finland

The K-Supermarket Mankkaa grocery store and atNorth's data center in Espoo are launching a groundbreaking collaboration in which waste heat from the data center will be used to cover almost all the heating energy needed by the store. The project will reduce emissions from all of Kesko's district heating use by almost one percent.

14.04.2025 08:11